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. 2022 Mar;18(1):76-78.
doi: 10.5114/aic.2022.115273. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Catheter-induced left coronary artery dissection treated with intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention

Malgorzata Chlabicz  1 , Adam B Gryko  1 , Krzysztof Struniawski  1 , Przemysław Prokopczuk  1 , Konrad S Nowak  1 , Sławomir Dobrzycki  1
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Catheter-induced left coronary artery dissection treated with intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention

Malgorzata Chlabicz et al. Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej. 2022 Mar.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
A – Angiographic imaging: dissection of the left coronary artery (LCA) (red arrow), B – Angiographic imaging: guidewires inserted into the left anterior descending artery (LAD) (blue arrow) and circumflex artery (Cx) (red arrow), C – Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging: after stent deployment the true lumen has a larger dimension than the false lumen (red arrow), D – Angiographic imaging: after 6 weeks – good effect of the PCI of the left main (LM) coronary artery, E – Computed tomography: after 5 months – good effect of the PCI of the left main (LM) coronary artery (red arrow)
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